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Have a look at the Toshiba. No need for DVD-RW and DVD+RW as whichever one you have it will play on most DVD players. Make it has DVD-R though as this is the most compatible/cheapest format. The Toshiba will control your cable box as well.

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I too have been pondering what to get and much as your self and came up with the Sony RDRHX900S much as your self. It was 700 in the local Sony centre so I shopped around and got it for 525 from http://www.rgbdirect.co.uk.

Offered a great service.... ordered Sunday evening and arrived Tue morning... did have to pay 15 extra for rushed delivery... but hey!

Sadly can't report on it as it is stuffed under the tree wrapped up waiting for the mrs to open on Christmas day.... least I'll have something to play with

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As I mentioned in my first post, a lot of what I'll be doing is archiving recordings on the hdd to dvd discs (probably -r).
Much of this will be progs rec from a cable box of an hour length, eg documentaries, and sometimes films over 2hrs long

I don't need really high quality, something at least as good as if not better than very decent vhs.
But features like ease of adding titles, and ease of archiving more than one recording on to dvd-r are important.

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I've had my Panny DMR85 for a while now and can't see the need to replce it til Blu-Ray. 80GB hdd is easily enough for my use. Even if you do record a lot of stuff, when it's so easy to edit and transfer to dvd-r (25p a time if bought in 25/50 spindles) it's simple to free up space. I've never been under 10 hours free. Has RGB input/outputs pal/ntsc prog scan out. Digital audio out. Can be picked up for £400 now. Definitely worth a look. 400 GB hdd is nice to have, but who needs that much space when dvd-r's are so cheap.